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Free AccessUS Data: Kansas City Fed Diffusion Indexes - Summary
Release for: March 2018
Source: Kansas City Federal Reserve
Diffusion Indexes, seasonally adjusted except year/year
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m/m m/m y/y y/y 6m 6m
Mar-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Feb-18
Manufacturing Indexes
Composite Index 17 17 37 38 33 38
Production 20 21 45 51 42 56
Volume of shipments 12 24 36 54 42 49
Volume of new orders -1 16 44 55 42 49
Backlog of orders 14 13 31 47 30 32
Number of employees 26 23 37 39 36 41
Average employee workweek 15 11 23 28 17 25
Prices rcvd for fin
product 24 26 49 51 48 53
Prices paid for raw matl 55 50 74 71 72 73
Capital expenditures n/a n/a 19 37 37 36
New orders for exports 1 2 12 18 14 16
Supplier delivery time* 30 16 30 20 23 18
Inventories:
Materials 11 8 30 23 21 23
Plants' finished goods 9 4 19 18 15 11
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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